The pie chart illustrates the average years that male and female adults at school in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, while the two pie charts compare the degree of educational achievement in 2000 and in 2010.
Overall, it is clear that the figures for both male and female increased moderately. In spite of this, the male adults stood higher throughout the period. It is also notable that the shares for the university qualification and diploma and professional qualification rose, while it declined for the below secondary and the secondary achievements.
The average years for adult men grew gradually, starting with 9.2 in 2000 and 9.5 years in 2002. In the meantime, the figures for the female adults remained stable at 8.0 years in 2000 and 2002. In 2004 the figures stood at 9.8 years for the former and 8.2 years for the latter, respectively. The average years at school reached a peak of both in 2010 at 10.5 for male and 9.1 for female adults.
In terms of the level of highest graduation achievement, the shares were divided into similar proportions in 2000, before experiencing an increase and decrease in categories. The share for university qualification grew within a decade from 21.1% in 2000 to 44.1% in 2010, being the most common educational achievement. A similar trend can be seen also for diploma and professional qualification, by increasing to 37.7% from 27.7%. The percentages for secondary and below secondary achievements saw a significant fall. The below secondary achievement accounted for the tiniest share with 8.6% in 2010, falling from 23.6% in 2000. While, the percentage for secondary fell from 27.6% to 9.6%.